Articles tagged with: SMEs
Niche bank ‘open for business’ in Birmingham…
The niche property and asset finance bank Cambridge & Counties welcomed brokers and other business finance and legal professionals to a celebration of its new Birmingham office.
More than 50 members of the West Midlands business …
Can SMEs do more to protect themselves against late payment?…
First Capital Cashflow provide insight and advice to SMEs suffering from late payment issues
3 out of 4 European companies have experienced late payment in the last 3 years
59% of manufacturing companies admit they had been …
Coventry business pitches for £150,000 HSBC prize…
Coventry-based businesses torc2 is in with a chance to win £150,000 after being chosen as one of 10 finalists for HSBC’s Elevator Pitch competition for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
More than 1,000 SMEs from …
ORB takes bite out of consumer market with Wye Valley Brewery win…
Birmingham-based branding agency ORB is expanding its footprint into the consumer goods market after winning a brief to support West Midlands based Wye Valley Brewery. The family-run independent brewery is looking to breathe new life into its …
Emerald wins Team of the Year as turnover reaches £950,000…
A Midlands technology company has reached record levels of turnover and won a prestigious regional award, thanks to the hard work and unity of its people.
The Emerald Group in Leamington Spa has hit £950,000 turnover in …
Global roadshow comes to Birmingham to show accountants how to become a leading firm of NOW…
Newcastle, February 23rd 2016 – The global ‘Firm of Now’ roadshow is stopping off at Birmingham City Football Club, on Friday, 18th March 2016 so that Midlands’ accountants can hear from two of the world’s most …
Marketing ‘magic’ helps Jewellery firm sparkle…
Since appointing Birmingham marketing consultants to help it implement a new business strategy a Warwickshire family firm of jewellers, first established 120 years ago, has seen a growth in customer spend – and netted itself …
Software firm doubles headcount and eyes global expansion with £700k investment…
A Midlands-based firm that provides software to manufacturers, finance companies and dealerships in the automotive sector to help them retain customers, has secured a £700,000 investment from Finance Birmingham.
The funding will enable Chrysalis Solmotive Ltd (Chrysalis …
Pressure on for appointment of Small Business Commissioner to tackle late payment…
Birmingham-educated Anna Soubry, Minister for Small Business, has been urged to “put her skates on” to accelerate the appointment of a Small Business Commissioner that was proposed for creation within the Enterprise Bill introduced in …
How the company, companies keep, is a better guide to creditworthiness…
Where a small company sits in its ecosystem of customers and suppliers could not only be a better and more accurate guide to credit risk but also allow challenger banks to more cheaply and securely …
Chinese New Year 2016 could open up growth opportunities for Midlands’ businesses…
Monday, 8 February, 2016, marks the start of the Chinese Year of the Monkey, which will be celebrated by more than a billion Chinese people.
At the beginning of a new year, we are often looking …
Teams wanted for the Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice Accumulator Challenge…
Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice is looking for local businesses and organisations to battle it out in their ‘Accumulator Challenge’.
The three month fundraising challenge sets local businesses and groups the task of raising as much money …
LATEST: SME’s fleet management boosted with free App from KGJ Insurance…
One of the UK’s leading and largest independent insurance brokers, KGJ based in Wolverhampton, has made a pioneering step in its ongoing support for SMEs by offering a free fleet management tool to monitor time …
SME Funding Did Not Die With The Business Growth Service…
Small business owners who had planned to start 2016 with support from a business coach, but who feel the government’s closure of the Business Growth Service (BGS) has set them back, have been advised they …
National legal service LawBite leads the way as a Champion of Women in Business…
LawBite has become a founder member of the Charter for Women in Business, just launched by Prowess, which aims to close a business development gap costing the UK economy billions each year.
More women are starting …
Love Energy Savings Partners with BusinessComparison.com to Bring Cheaper Energy Bills to even more SMEs…
Thanks to a new partnership, it will now be quicker and easier for small and medium-sized organisations across the country to switch to cheaper energy tariffs.
The UK’s leading business electricity and gas comparison website, Love …
Alloy Wire Chairman named in The Manufacturer’s Top 100…
The man affectionately known as ‘Mr Alloy Wire’ has been named as one of the most influential manufacturing personalities in the UK by a leading trade publication.
Chairman Bill Graham, who has been involved with the …
Bank lending vs. Peer to Peer: which way should you jump?…
By Craig Evans, Head of Business Development at Graydon
London, 12 January 2016 – One of the biggest frustrations associated with bank borrowing is the time it takes them to reach a decision whether to accept …
Opal Health pulls off shortlisting for inaugural national export prize…
Opal Health, the Birmingham-based manufacturer of disposable curtains for the healthcare sector, is one of 10 exciting British SMEs who have been shortlisted from over 400 businesses for the inaugural government-backed Open to Export Action …
